Shower head



Nov. 17, 1953 J. A. Moco LL SHOWER HEAD Filed May 22, 1952 INVENTOR.

John A. McGbnne/l Patented Nov. 17, 1953 SHOWER HEAD John A. McGonnell,Newark, Calif assignor of thirty per cent to Manuel L, Avila, Niles,

Calif.

Application May 22, 1952, Serial No. 289,324

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in showerheads and more particularly to mean for holding a cake of solublematerial in the shower head for dispensing a scented or medicatedsolution with the water from the shower head.

An important object of this invention is to provide a holder for a cakeof scented, disinfectant or other soluble substance in contact with thewater from a shower head to thus mix the active substance with the waterfor discharge from the shower head when the shower is in use.

A further object is to provide a device of this character of simple andpractical construction, which is efficient and reliable in operation,relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for thepurposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view illustrating one embodiment of theinvention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional View, taken on a line 2-2 ofFigure 1;

Figure 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view, taken on a 1ine 3--3of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a side elevational view of a modified construction;

Figure 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional view, taken on a line 5-5 ofFigure 4; and,

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view, taken on a line 5--6 of Figure5.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, and first withrespect to the form of invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 3inclusive, the numeral 5 designates a shower head of hollow constructionand having spray openings or perforations 6 in its bottom I. The bottom1 is formed with an internal annular shoulder 8 forming a relativelyshallow recess 9 in which a cake of soluble material, in the form of adisk I0, is closely fitted against the shoulder to hold the cakeimmovable therein. The cake I is formed with a plurality of verticalpassages II held in registry with the openings 6.

A door I2 is hinged at one end, as at I3, at one side of the shower headto permit the placing of the cake I0 therein and the free end of thedoor is secured in a closed position by a conventional type of catchmechanism I I.

In the form of invention illustrated in Figures 4 to 6 inclusive thenumeral I5 designates a cup-like holder which may be constructed ofplastic, metal or other suitable material and is also provided at itsbottom with a plurality of openings or perforations I6. An annularinternal shoulder I1 is formed in the bottom of the holder I5 forming asubstantially hollow recess I8 in which the cake of soluble material I 9is closely fitted, the cake also being formed with vertical openings orpassages 20 held in alignment with the openings or perforations I6.

The top of the holder I5 is formed with a neck 2! adapted to be sleevedover a shower head 22.

ment therewith.

A plurality of spring steel fingers 24 have theirlower ends embedded inor otherwise suitably se-- cured to the holder I5 and extends upwardlytherefrom outwardly of the neck 2| to frictionally' engage the side ofthe shower head 22 to thus: hold the holder 55 thereon.

As water passes through the shower head and contacts the cake of solublematerial the latter will become dissolved to mix with the Water as thesame is discharged through the openings or perforations at the bottom ofthe shower head.

The cake II! or I9 may be composed of soap or other suitable solublesubstance containing a scented or perfumed ingredient, disinfectant orthe like for mixing with the water as the same is discharged from theshower head.

In View of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of thedevice will be quite apparent to those skilled in the art. A moredetailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a shower device, a chamber having a fiat bottom provided withspray openings therein and an annular internal shoulder on the bottom ofthe chamber forming a recess adapted to receive a cake of solublematerial held immovable on said bottom in the recess against theshoulder, said cake having vertical passages registering with thopenings of the chamber.

2. An attachment for shower heads comprising a cup-like holder having aperforated bottom and adapted to receive a cake of soluble materialhaving vertical passages registering with the perforations, an internalannular shoulder in the bottom of the holder forming a recess in whichthe cake is tightly fitted to hold the cake immovable, said holderhaving a reduced neck on its upper end sleeved over the shower head, anupper internal annular shoulder in the neck seating said head, and a,plurality of resilient fingers projecting upwardly from the holder andadapted to frictionally grip the shower head to hold the latter sealedagainst the upper shoulder, said fingers having lower end embedded inthe upper end 4 of said holder outwardly of said neck and shoulder.

JOHN A. McCONNELL.

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